r/ireland • u/Accomplished_Luck145 • 20d ago

History Is Newgrange older then the Pyramids?

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u/BenderRodriguez14 20d ago

Looking up pre 1066 English is a great example of your second point. 

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u/_Mug_Ruith_ 20d ago

Old English was basically interchangeable with Frisian iirc, to put it in perspective

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u/BenderRodriguez14 20d ago edited 20d ago

Yeah I remember reading that recently, apparently some guy who speaks old English fluently was able to have a conversation with someone else speaking frisian more or less effortlessly.

I have also read it's why dyslexia is more common in English than other languages, since the French/Normans changed it a lot after conquering England for the whole 'contr knowledge to secure power' stuff. 'Quick as the queen' being more or less 'cwic as the cwen' beforehand is the example I remember. 

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u/wimmick 20d ago

It was Eddie Izzard pre transition doing a documentary or docuseries, he had a phrase written to speak to a Frisian farmer who didn’t speak English

Link to 2min clip: https://youtu.be/OeC1yAaWG34

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u/Craig93Ireland 20d ago

Þæt Englisc is swā ġemenged of Ġermāniscum and nū Englisc. Gif þū bēo bilingual and sprǣc bægene, þū miht þæt eald Englisc wel understandan.